Support System

Taylor pitched his third game with the Beloit Snappers tonight and put up his first W!

They are the Low A minor league affiliate to the Minnesota Twins located in Beloit, Wisconsin.

Taylor was called up on July 23rd and flew out July 24th from Elizabethton, TN {the rookie affiliate}

 It all happened so fast.

I was on vacation in Myrtle Beach, SC with my family and Taylor had an off day coming up on the 25th.

We had made plans for him to come down and spend a day on the beach and see the family.

And of course, he gets called up and it ruined our plans of seeing each other.

I was disappointed but so happy for him at the same time. {more happiness than disappointment}

I knew deep down, I wouldn't be seeing him again until the off season. 

But I kept my emotions together and stayed positive because this promotion was vital in Taylor's career. 

As soon as Taylor arrived in Beloit, the team set him up in the team hotel for one night.

They were beginning a 6 day road trip the following day, so there was no sense in arranging housing just yet.

Taylor met no one on his new team until the next morning when loading the bus.

The pitching coach informed Taylor that he would be starting that Friday, July 27th.

I found it crazy how they just threw him in with no practice with this team or anything.

But to Taylor it was just another ballgame, another day living his dream.

I couldn't have gotten through the stress and anxiety without my family and baseball girlfriends/wives.

My parents haven't always been the most supportive group with Taylor's career choice.

Don't get me wrong when I say this.

They love Taylor.

They think he's a wonderful guy and perfect for their little girl.

They're afraid of how unstable professional baseball is.

They're afraid of the distance and their little girl being alone a lot of the time.

And they're afraid of me being too far away from them when I take Taylor's last name.

BUT, I have seen a change in them ever since Taylor began his professional career.

Taylor's first game with the Elizabethton Twins, my family sat with me in the living room listening to the game on the radio.

My parents drove me out to Elizabethton, TN to see Taylor and watch him pitch one of his games.

Every game, whether my parents listen or not, they always ask how he performed.

They want him to succeed.

Onto the baseball girlfriends and wives.

99% of these women, I have never met. 

However, they have become more of a friend to me than any of my actual friends.

A girlfriend of one of the UK alumni pitchers added me to a group on facebook called the MiLB Wives and Girlfriends group.

It's a private group that you have to be invited to in order to join.

On this page were over 1000 women who are supporting their men through their baseball careers.

Women who were going through the same problems and troubles that I was only beginning to encounter.

Women with wisdom on the subject of baseball and the minor league ways.

From there, I was added to the Twitter group for the MiLB Wives and Girlfriends.

I went through the entire list and followed each and every one of the girls I could.

I have never felt more welcome from a group of girls in my life.

I was a bit shocked by how nice and warm all the girls were to me.

They didn't know me.

They had no reason to be nice to me.

But I decided to open up and give these girls a chance since they were for me.

The support and friendships I have developed with these women is something I will always be thankful for.

These women are true followers of God and help others everyday of their lives.

Women who I truly look up to and hope to be as successful as one day.

I'm so happy to have found these women and be able to call them my friends.

Until next time...